Azure Files vs CentreStack: Simplifying Azure Migration

We recently had the chance to speak with JR Tinney, CIO for
BGB Group, a pharmaceutical company migrating from file servers in a private data center to Microsoft Azure. They had recently completed a merger with a company that already
completed their migration to Azure and this made them realize that moving data
from their servers into Azure would save them money, especially if they could
move the data into Azure Files or Azure Blob storage instead of hosted file
servers on Azure VMs.

JR found us after trying to complete the migration with
Azure Files and hitting a roadblock when he realized that Azure Files would
only work when joined to the Azure AD domain. So he at first came to us looking
for a client that would map a
drive to Azure Files or map a
drive to Azure Blob storage. But he was really trying to solve a broader
set of issues which were all related to providing a seamless migration
experience that would not disrupt the company’s business.

His challenges could be summarized with the following set of
points and questions:

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You want to ensure that company confidential data is secure and there is no data leakage. Tenant Managers can activate 'Disable Public Link' which will ensure that users are not allowed to send public links for company's confidential data to external users.

This video shows how you can use this important Group Policy setting to activate this feature.